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July 30, 2010

Posted on 07/30/2010

All Blacks will sweep Wallabies aside


Will Richie McCaw lead the All Blacks to yet another Bledisloe Cup success? © Getty Images

The All Blacks' unbeaten 2010 campaign will continue unimpeded with another convincing win against Robbie Deans powder puff Wallabies team at Eithad Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday night.

Dropping an eighth consecutive Test against the All Blacks will see the overrated Deans heading home to Christchurch next week with the Wallabies' worst Bledisloe Cup losing sequence since New Zealand locked down the trophy with nine wins between 1936-47.

So called distractions including doubts about the state of the pitch and the furore over the widely publicised photos of some of the All Blacks moves in the Australian newspapers are nothing more than media hype and will have no impact on the result.

With the sole exception perhaps of Will Genia up against Jimmy Cowan, man for man the All Blacks are better and work more cohesively as a unit - with far too many weapons in their arsenal for the Aussies to handle.

The domination will start up front, Tony Woodcock, Kevin Mealamu and Owen Franks have been in imperious form and with Brad Thorn and Tom Donnelley fresh off top shelf performances against Victor Matfield and company the NZ tight five will abuse, buckle and contort the Wallabies pack for the full 80 minutes.

Joe Rokocoko after missing the last game with a hamstring strain will play his 64th Test to move ahead of John Kirwan and Jonah Lomu as the most capped All Black winger, he has been unfairly maligned in some quarters for not scoring as often as he used to but he is still the fastest player on the pitch and his experience and tactical acumen should not be ignored.

The Wallabies will be looking to play a high tempo game but that is exactly how the All Blacks want the game to be played and they are much better at it.

Richie McCaw and his loosies will control the breakdown, ensuring quick ball for Dan Carter to unleash his outsides to run amok through the light weight Aussie defensive schemes, Nonu, Muliaina, Jane and Smith will attack from anywhere at every opportunity so anything less than another bonus point victory will be disappointing.

James Marshall

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